Great Heroes and Discoveries of Astronomy

<p><strong>Great Heroes and Discoveries of Astronomy</strong> takes you around the world and across time in search of the unsung heroes who evolved our understanding. Learn how Annie Jump Canon, Karl Lansky, Vera Rubin, and others sparked some of the great discoveries that have shaped astronomy over the past century through their groundbreaking new theories, serendipitous observations, and feats of engineering (on Earth and in space).</p>

• By This Professor
• 01: What Astronomy’s Heroes Can Teach Us
• 02: Designing and Building the Modern Telescope
• 03: Harvard Heroines Show Us the Stars
• 04: The Heroic Discovery of Other Galaxies
• 05: Edwin Hubble and the Expanding Universe
• 06: Heroes of the Hubble Space Telescope
• 07: Pioneers of Radio Astronomy
• 08: Discovering the Cosmic Microwave Background
• 09: Vera Rubin and the Discovery of Dark Matter
• 10: Finding the Beginning and End of the Cosmos
• 11: How Astronomers Have Shaped Our World
• 12: The Discoverers of Exploding Stars
• 13: Pioneers of X-ray and Ultraviolet Astronomy
• 14: Finding Neutron Stars and Black Holes
• 15: Astronomers Put Einstein to the Test
• 16: The Heroic Detection of Gravitational Waves
• 17: Heroic Surveys of the Entire Night Sky
• 18: Carl Sagan: The Great Space Communicator
• 19: The Shoemakers Reveal Asteroids and Comets
• 20: Discovering Pluto and the Kuiper Belt
• 21: Solar Astronomers Reveal the Universe
• 22: The Heroic Hunt for Extrasolar Planets
• 23: The Seekers of Extraterrestrial Life
• 24: Tomorrow’s Heroes of Astronomy